Copper Treatment - Almost two full weeks.

It has been almost two full weeks at the cupramine concentration of around 3.0 to 3.5.  I have yet to see any cysts for two weeks now.  I am continuing the copper for at least another 2 to 3 weeks and then I will pull it out and observe the fish for another 4 weeks for signs of infection.

I am hoping this will do it.  As I have been through hell on this.

Stopped Paraguard started Cupramine

I after a little over a week maybe I was not patient.  I kept seeing more and more parasites on the blue tang after the therapeutic level of paraguard was in the tank.  So now I am using the Cupramine copper at a lower level.  Before the fish got really ill at about .5 to .6 copper level.  Apparently the crypto is eradicated at 0.25 to 0.35 mg/L but recommended you keep it at .5.  I am going to stick to .3 mg/L for 28 days if at all possible.  It states 14 days on the bottle but I have heard from tech support at seachem you should aim for at least 21 days.  If doing a full 28 though that should span the length of the life cycle of the parasite.  Wish me luck as last time I did this 2 fish stopped eating but that again was at .5 to .6 so keeping it lower should help.

Seachem Plan of Attack

I just spoke with a marine expert at Seachem.  They suggested Paraguard since the copper was harsh.  Going to give that a shot along with metronidazole and focus and see if this will end up working.  One thing I will thank them for at Seachem they are extremely knowledgeable and honest.  Their products have been always a great experience when I have used them.  Here are the products I am going to use.

http://www.marinedepot.com/Seachem_Laboratories_Metronidazole_5_Grams_Internal_Parasite_Medications-Seachem-SC08010-FIMEPSIN-vi.html

http://www.marinedepot.com/Seachem_Laboratories_Focus_5_Grams_Saltwater_Fish_Bacterial_Fungal_Medications-Seachem-SC4751-FIMEBF-vi.html

http://www.marinedepot.com/Seachem_Laboratories_ParaGuard_Saltwater_Fish_Parasite_Medications-Seachem-SC4731-FIMEPS-vi.html

I will keep this updated with progress.  Currently the Blue Hippo Tang is wrecked with Crypto however the others look fine.

Cryptocaryon Back

All the fish are still in the hospital tank and this afternoon my wife calls with bad news.  Aside the fact that everything we did for tank transfer was followed to the letter and nothing cross contaminated.  Tanks completely dry in between.  The Blue Tang has more parasites than ever before.  I will have to just do a very low level copper treatment no higher than .3 mg/L and see if I can keep them all alive.  This is a major set back and very frustrating.